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Mar 27
poem 2 comments challenge: General/Free Write
2madsmads

If I Were a Writer

If I were a writer, my words would flow right from my thoughts.
My reader wouldn't be confused, the meaning wouldn't be lost.

If I were a writer, I'd have a clear goal in my head.
I'd say just what I meant from the beginning to the end.

If I were a writer my words would shift into a song.
And when my reader read them, he would want to sing along.

If I were a writer, my words wouldn't stay stuck on a page.
They'd leap and bound and spread throughout the world; they'd make change.

If I were a writer, would it be so awfully hard
To make the people listen and to get my point across?

I know that it's too often my thoughts get trapped inside my brain,
And I'm sure they'd make a difference if I could get them out some way.

The world needs these words. People need to be spoken to.
And if I were a writer, I'd bring these words to you.
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  1. NiñaEstrella
    Mar 28, 2020

    I relate! This poem is so true and also so good. (And, also, I think you are a poet just from the rhyming in this. It’s really good :)

    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde

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  1. fire girl
    Mar 28, 2020

    you ARE a writer <3
    this is amazing

    " to choose to write is to reject silence" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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